Figure 1.--A Swiss reader writes, "As usual I am following your publications on the web-site and enjoy them very much. I just saw the picture about the USA-wagons. That motivate me to send you a picture of my wagon that must have been taken in the early-1940s." Click on the image to read more about Tom and his wagon.

We do not know a lot about wagons in Switzerland. We believe that Swiss boy like boys in other countries liked wagons. We are not entirely sure how many boys had them. We think it was mostly boys in rural areas that had them. We think that they were in many cases, utilitarian items, often on farms. And boys took to them. They were often made with a pole fixed to the front so they could be pulled by goats or other small animals. Also through the World War II period we only see wooden waggons in Switzerland. This included waggons with wooden rather than metal-rubber wheels. They look to be great wagons, but the wooden construction meant that they had to be hand crafted. This meant that they were relatively expensive to build, requiring hand labor. And of course expensive construction meant that the wagons were too expensive for many parents to purchase them. We also note wagons in the country with a front beam so they could be pulled by small animals like goats.

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